Model Rigging Techniques.ppt - Ship Modelers Association

Model Rigging Techniques

Preliminary Decisions

? Placement of Masts

? Angles of Masts

? Length of Main Mast ¨C leads to length of all other

masts, yards, sizes of rigging line, block sizes

and other items.

? Main mast length for the Sovereign of the Seas

was determined from Clive Millwards plans ¨C

based on the beam of the ship.

? Made other mast measurements based on Clive

Millwards plans

? Next determination if the thickness or

diameter of the Main Mast. By using the

general rule (stated by both Dr. Anderson

and James Lee), which is that the

diameter is 1 inch per 3 feet in length of

the Main mast, thus it is 40 inches in

diameter for the Sovereign of the Seas.

? This is basically rigging, so the diameter of

the Main Mast determines the size of all

the lines in the rigging.

Basic Rigging details

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Standing Rigging

Running Rigging

Hawser-laid Rope (three strand)

Shroud-laid Rope (four strand)

Cable-laid Rope (Left hand twist)

Size of line determined from Lees,

Anderson, or can be calculated from

contemporary sources.

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